Trade was a driving force of economic growth. Unfortunately, landlocked developing countries were handicapped by the extremely high costs of transport and the delays caused by customs formalities. That in turn made their products less competitive on world markets and increased their marginalization from the world economy.
Lamentablemente, los países en desarrollo sin litoral están en situación de inferioridad por los costos sumamente elevados del transporte y las demoras que ocasionan las formalidades de aduanas, lo que afecta la competitividad de sus productos en los mercados mundiales e intensifican su marginación en la economía mundial.